different between churchy vs churchly

English

Etymology

From church +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???t?i/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t?i

Adjective

churchy (comparative churchier, superlative churchiest)

1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) Piously Christian.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 90:

     I was staying with my mother's sister, a retired character actress with a churchy streak.

2. Resembling a church.

3. Reminiscent of a church service.

Translations

Noun

churchy (plural churchies)

1. (mildly pejorative) one who is piously Christian

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English *chircheli, from Old English ?iri?l?? (“ecclesiastical”), equivalent to church +? -ly. Cognate with Scots kirklyk, kirklike (“ecclesiastical”), Dutch kerkelijk (“ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical”), German kirchlich (“ecclesiastical, religious, ecclesiastic”), Swedish kyrklig (“ecclesiastical”). Compare also churchlike.

Adjective

churchly (comparative churchlier, superlative churchliest)

1. Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical.

   Synonyms: churchical, churchlike
2. Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church.
3. In accordance with ecclesiastical standards or ceremonies; appropriate for or befitting a church.

   churchly music
4. Characteristic of a church; churchy.

Derived terms

• anti-churchly
• churchliness
• unchurchly

References

• WordNet